Student Engagement
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Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders — but why wait to make change? SCAN’s youth advocates are already building a better future for children.
Get Involved > Volunteer
Student Engagement
Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders — but why wait to make change? SCAN’s youth advocates are already building a better future for children.
JOIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS
Students like you are showing up and speaking out for kids.
SCAN’s youth advocates champion children’s rights in hundreds of high schools and colleges. Together, they’re a national network of unapologetic changemakers.
Start Your Journey Today
Kick off a club, host a fundraiser or organize advocacy events.
Our Student Engagement Program helps youth leaders harness the power of their voices. With training, resources and support from SCAN, students are leading the way toward a brighter tomorrow — on their campuses and in their communities.
In 2023, we activated 102 student clubs and hosted 194 school activities nationwide!
LEAD
Student Ambassadors get hands-on experience as leaders and changemakers – building teams, spearheading clubs, running workshops and more.
Apply Now
ADVOCATE
Use your voice to educate peers, organize petitions and urge lawmakers to pass life-changing legislation.
Speak Up
FUNDRAISE
Brainstorm creative ways to raise money for SCAN initiatives, lifesaving child programs and emergency response efforts.
Start Here
Engage Your Community
Partner with local organizations to reach at-risk families in your community – from food, clothing and book drives to climate resilience initiatives.
Join UsJoin a Community of Changemakers
There are endless ways to channel your passion for helping kids: write letters to the editor, participate in local events, fundraise or even meet with your member of Congress. Don’t worry — we’ll provide the tools and training you need to be a powerful champion for children.
Upcoming Events
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September 28 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm CDT
Tabling at Kidsville in Centennial ParkMusicians Corner, 2500 West End Ave. Nashville, TN
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October 12 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm MDT
Brunch and Ballots with Clayton Early Learning Center3801 Martin Luther King BLVD Denver, CO 80205
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October 19 @ 9:30 pm – 5:30 pm CDT
Iowa Get Out The Vote SummitGrimes Community Complex (Room 402), 410 SE Main St, Grimes, IA 50111
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I didn’t have the best start in life… so I want to make sure kids today have somebody that’s going to speak up for them.
– Ivy, President of New Mexico State University’s SCAN c
ADVOCACY IN ACTION
Check out the latest stories on our incredible volunteers!
October 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Join us to learn about Relational Organizing and how you can help turn out your friends and family to vote.
October 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
Help us text voters across the country on October 22nd at 7pm EST to help them make a plan to vote for November 5th for SCAN’s Get out the Vote Week of Action!
October 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
Join us on October 20th at 7:00pm to text voters in Pennsylvania and Michigan to register to vote before their state online voter registration deadline!
Victoria Zegler
Add Your Voice
Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) shows up and speaks out for kids. Help us fight to give every child a strong start in life.
899 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 900
Washington D.C. 20002
(800) 243-5075
supportercare@savechildren.org
Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) was created in 2014 as the political advocacy arm of Save the Children, to be the political voice for kids. We work to ensure that the issues critical to children’s lives and futures are given top priority by our elected leaders, building bipartisan support to make sure every child has a strong start in life.